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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Look, I'm sure the Seuss Foundation has noticed stories popping up here and there and reviewed the books on their own and decided six of them are too dated to continue to be published today.
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Except Dr. Seuss Enterprises specifically stated that they listened and took "feedback" from their various audiences and
then enlisted the help of an expert panel to review their catalogue, a process that involved "months of discussion." The word "feedback" suggests direct communication.
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The decision to cease publication and sales of the books was made last year after months of discussion, the company told AP.
"Dr. Seuss Enterprises listened and took feedback from our audiences including teachers, academics and specialists in the field as part of our review process. We then worked with a panel of experts, including educators, to review our catalog of titles," it said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-seus...se-publishing/
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Presumably the "feedback" which they listened to and then acted upon was not favourable. Thus, it would seem to have been negative/critical feedback. In other words, outside pressure.
Had there not been that outside pressure/"feedback", would they have undertaken such a review of their catalogue? Seems unlikely.
Did they decide to stop publishing every title which has come under criticism? Clearly not. Some of the criticisms of other titles may have been judged to be unfounded.
In this regard, apparently some patrons of a library in Toronto thought that Hop on Pop should be banned because they felt that it encouraged violence against fathers.
Fortunately, the library had more sense and likely realized that the request for a ban was not serious, but was made to drive home a point.
Dr. Seuss book Hop on Pop does not encourage 'violence against fathers,' library says in rejecting ban request
https://nationalpost.com/news/toront...ng-ban-request